I used to believe that buying something "on the black market" meant you had to walk down a scary, dark, corridor, to find what you were looking for...in the dark. I pictured disfigured vendors, trying to sell you all manner of weird things that weren't available anywhere else.
A childhood belief about going shopping

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that the black market was a place— Lyndsey
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- Dark brown Smarties were poisonous.Anon
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen
- I belived carrots made you see in the dark Anon
- if you read the bible in the dark your eyes would pop out— chriistabelle